Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora., sentence 24
He was sometimes admitted to their tables, where he exerted his wit and diffused his knowledge; but he observed, that where, by endeavour or accident, he had remarkably excelled, he was seldom invited a second time.
Who acts: service · What happens: admit, exert, diffuse, observe, excel, invite · To what, where: service, tables, wit, knowledge
This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (service), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 admitted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 admitted | aux:pass |
| 3 | sometimes | sometimes | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 admitted | advmod |
| 4 | admitted | admit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 tables | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 tables | nmod:poss |
| 7 | tables | table | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 admitted | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 exerted | punct |
| 9 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 11 exerted | advmod |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 exerted | nsubj |
| 11 | exerted | exert | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 tables | acl:relcl |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 wit | nmod:poss |
| 13 | wit | wit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 exerted | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 diffused | cc |
| 15 | diffused | diffuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 exerted | conj |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 knowledge | nmod:poss |
| 17 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 diffused | obj |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 observed | punct |
| 19 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 observed | cc |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 observed | nsubj |
| 21 | observed | observe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 admitted | parataxis |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 where | punct |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 where | mark |
| 24 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 21 observed | advmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 endeavour | punct |
| 26 | by | by | ADP | _ | 27 endeavour | case |
| 27 | endeavour | endeavour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 observed | obl |
| 28 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 29 accident | cc |
| 29 | accident | accident | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 endeavour | conj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 excelled | punct |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 excelled | nsubj |
| 32 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 excelled | aux |
| 33 | remarkably | remarkably | ADV | _ | 34 excelled | advmod |
| 34 | excelled | excel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 21 observed | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 invited | punct |
| 36 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 invited | nsubj:pass |
| 37 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 invited | aux:pass |
| 38 | seldom | seldom | ADV | _ | 39 invited | advmod |
| 39 | invited | invite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 excelled | conj |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 time | det |
| 41 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 42 time | amod |
| 42 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 invited | obl:unmarked |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 admitted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | admit speech: other | past · passive | service | viziers's tables | sometimes property | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to table=Recipient | |||
| 2 | exert | past | service | service's wit | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wit=Theme | ||||
| 3 | diffuse | past | service not said here | service's knowledge | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent knowledge=Patient | ||||
| 4 | observe | past | service | by endeavour or accident | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | excel | past · perfect | service | remarkably property | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | invite | past · passive | service | time | seldom property | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, Project Gutenberg book 62868 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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